Obituaries

Nov 15, 2019

John L. Owens, Sr., 94, Shavertown, passed away, Friday, November 15, 2019 at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Born in Trucksville, he was the son of the late Harry E. and Elizabeth James Owens and was a graduate of Kingston Twp. High School and Wilkes University with a degree in Finance. John was in the banking industry for many years in...

Nov 7, 2019

Rose M. Kline-Sergi, 93, Dallas, passed away Thursday, November 7, 2019 at Mercy Center, Dallas. Born in Wilkes-Barre, she was the daughter of the late Antonio and Mary Hornyak Sergi and had attended GAR High School, Wilkes-Barre. She had worked in the garment industry as a seamstress for various Garment Companies in the valley. Rose was a member of...

Nov 6, 2019

Bernice M. VanDerzee, 93, Sweet Valley, passed away Wednesday, November 6, 2019 at Mercy Center, Dallas. Born in Lockhaven, Pa., she was the daughter of the late David and Marie Beck Wasson.

Bernice was a secretary in the administration department of Mercy Center, Dallas. She was an avid Crossword and Jigsaw puzzle aficionado, as well as being...

Nov 4, 2019

Marian Jean Alexander, a resident of Mercy Center, Dallas Died on November 4, 2019. The daughter of Martin and Carrie Mann Rau. she was born in Kingston, PA on July 8, 1921.

Jean was a Graduate of the former Forty Fort High School. Her family then moved to Danville, where she resided until her marriage...

Nov 2, 2019

Mark Gibbs, 66, Allentown, formerly of Wilkes-Barre, passed away, Saturday, November 2, 2019 at Above and Beyond Hospice, Allentown. Born in Wilkes-Barre, he was the son of the late Alfred and Joan O’Brian Gibbs and attended the Allentown Schools. He was an Auto Mechanic his working life. Besides being an Auto mechanic for his career, he also made that...

Oct 11, 2019

Margaret Mazalin, age 99, of Forty-Fort, PA entered into eternal rest on Friday, October 11, 2019 at Highland Manor Nursing Center, Exeter, PA. She was born on July 23, 1920 in Midvale, PA to the late John and Mary (Szaniszlo) Ishley.

Margaret was a graduate of Kingston High School. She worked in the garment industry prior to...

Oct 3, 2019

Lillian B Evans was born on July 24th 1921, Daughter of the late Horton Corey Bell and Mabel (Dymond ) Bell.  She was a graduate of West Pittston High School Class of 1939.

Lillian lived in Orange most of her life where she was very active in the community. She was a lifetime member of the Orange...

Sep 30, 2019

Robert A. Shaffer, 65, Laflin, passed away, Monday, September 30, 2019 at his residence. Born in Lewistown, Pa. He was the son of the late James W. and Ellen Shaffer Shelley and was a graduate of East Juniata High School, McAlisterville, Pa.

Bob was a Carpenter by trade with his own business Shaffer Home Improvements. For some...

Sep 30, 2019

Sandra Jones Shaffer, 66, Laflin, passed away, Monday, September 30, 2019 at her residence. Born in Wilkes-Barre, she was the daughter of the former Evelyn Walker and the late David Jones and was a graduate of Coughlin High School. Sandra had received her Associates degree in Para Legal Studies.

She was a Data Processor with Wilkes-Barre General...

Sep 29, 2019

Vivian D. Ondish, 93, Dallas, passed away, Saturday, September 28, 2019 at the home of her Grandson in Tunkhannock. Born in Wilkes-Barre, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Ruth Moharter Muchler and was a graduate of Dallas High School.

Vivian had worked for Offset Paperback as a supervisor of quality control. She was a...

Sep 24, 2019

William J. Koperna, 94, Trucksville, (formerly of Coaldale) passed away Tuesday, September 24, 2019 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Hospital. Born in Coaldale, Pa, he was the son of the late Stephen and Katherine Trebichalsky Koperna and was a graduate of Coaldale High School. He had worked in the auto parts industry for Bundy Tubing until his retirement.

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Sep 13, 2019

Kathleen A. Stafford, 67, Shavertown, passed away, Friday, September 13, 2019 at her residence. Born in Chester, Pa, she was the daughter of the late Harold and Doris Ann Scott Venables and was a graduate of Nortre Dame High School Moylan, Pa.

Kathleen was with the Bookkeeping department with Mellon Bank Dallas for many years....

Sep 3, 2019

Barbara Ann Williams, 86, Dallas, passed away Tuesday, September 3, 2019 at The Meadows Nursing Center, Dallas. For sometime she had worked for Commonwealth Telephone.

Funeral service will be held Saturday, October 12, 2019 at 11:00 Am from The Richard H. Disque Funeral Home, Inc., 2940 Memorial Highway, Dallas.  Friends may call from 10:00 Am until time...

Aug 3, 2019

Barbara Eve Turpak, 85, Dallas, passed away Saturday, August 3, 2019 at The Meadows Nursing Center. Born in Plymouth, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Julie Cituk Blaskiewicz.

She was preceded in death by her husband Joseph Turpak in 1992 and a brother, Joseph Blaskiewicz. Surviving are her daughters, Terri Turley, Patricia Brogna, Barbara...

Jul 26, 2019

Regina “Jean” Bartosh, 98, Trucksville, passed away Friday, July 26, 2019 at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Born in Kingston, she was the daughter of the late Anthony and Agnes Szleuzis Pechkis and had graduated from Edwardsville High School.

Jean was in the Garment Industry most of her working life. She had for some time worked in an ammunition...

Jul 20, 2019

Alicia Ann Lindgren, 80, Shavertown, passed away, Saturday, July 20, 2019 at Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Dunmore. Born in Bay City, Michigan, daughter of the late Theodore and Gertrude Sautter Hausmann, she was a graduate of Grayling High School, Michigan. She earned a BA in English from Central Michigan University and an MA in English from the State...

Jul 9, 2019

Robert “Bob” W. Bond, 96, Hanover Twp., passed away Tuesday, July 9, 2019 at Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Dunmore. Born in Plymouth, he was the son of the late Joseph and Elizabeth Butson Bond.  He attended the Plymouth Schools and like so many of the young men of that generation he left school to fight for his country....

Jul 9, 2019

Virginia S. Curtis, 79, Dallas, passed away Tuesday, July 9, 2019 at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Born in Kunkle, she was the daughter of the late Cletas and Agnes Him Sweezy and was a graduate of Dallas High School and College Misericordia with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing as well as an ADA from Nesbitt Memorial Hospital School...

Jul 6, 2019

Dr. Tony Groblewski, at the age of 91, passed away, Saturday, July 6, 2019 at The Veterans Administration Medical Center.

To honor Dr. Tony’s wishes, there will be no services.

Arrangements are under the direction of The Richard H. Disque Funeral Home, Inc., 2940 Memorial Highway, Dallas.

Jul 5, 2019

Mary T. Fiske, 89, Dallas, passed away, Friday, July 5, 2019 at The Meadows Nursing Center, Dallas. Born in New Bedford, Mass., she was the daughter of the late Antonio and Bertha Scully Monast and was a graduate of the Patterson NJ High School.

Mary worked at College Misericordia, Mercy Center and was a Nurse’s Aide with...